Lunch-chair



R. M. KEAT ING.

LUNCH CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1918.

1 344:, 90 1 Patented June 29, 1920.

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' I N VEN TOR.

R. M. KEATING.

LUNCH CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4, 1918.

1,344,90 1. Patented June 29, 1920.

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INVEN TOR.

I we/11 7 To all whom it may. concern:

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ROBERT M. KEATING, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

LUNCH-Clien- Be it known that I, ROBERT M. KEATING, a citizen of theUnited States of America, residing in Springfield in the county ofHampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in An arm rest is arranged at one side and is the back ofthe chair.

Lunch-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a superior construction oflunch chair wherein the parts may be more easily kept sanitary than inconstructions heretofore known, and wherein the tray and arm rests arefirmly held in position and danger of displacement avoided, and whereinthe occupant of the chair may be more conveniently and comfortablyseated and generally to provide a lunch chairof superior constructionand more convenient for use.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the construction hereinshown.

In the accompanying drawings in which like characters of referenceindicate like parts 'Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lunch chairshowing a part of its improved construction.

Flg. 2 1s a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a detached View of a longitudinal section of the tray, thetray supporting members being shown in full lines, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View of the tray and supporting bar.

The construction will be readily understood on reference to thedrawings. The chair comprises a suitable frame, the rear 'legs beingextended upwardly above the seat portion to form a part of the backframe, and one of the front legs being projected a short distance abovethe seat and adapted to form a part of the tray support.

preferably supported by thefrainework of A shelf is arranged below thechair seat, which shelf serves not only as a convenient receptacle forhats and v bundles, but also serves to strengthen and brace the chairframe.

The preferred form of tray is provided with downwardly projectingmembers m which engage the supporting bar it and to which the parts mare secured by means of screws, bolts, rivets or other fastening means.The members m may extend from end to end or may comprise short engagingmembers. The engaging members may be Specification of Letters Patent.Patented J une 29, 19 20, Application filed February 14, 1918. SerialNo. 217,229. y

the tray body. If formed separately they may be attached by electricwelding or other convenient means.

The arm rest j is secured to and supported by the chair back, it beingby preference secured to the upwardly projecting back frame and in someinstances I employ a bracket is. to give additional'rigidity andsupport.

The tray supporting member 71, preferably projects beyond theverticalmembers a and 7, thus stiffening and supporting the portion of. the traywhich projects beyond these vertical parts.

A brace member 9 extending from the frame member d to the member fserves'to give added rigidity to the parts,especially to the verticalmember f and as the part 9 is located below the level of the lower faceof the tray, it in no way interferes with the convenient movement of awiping cloth completely around the edge of the tray.

I may, in some instances, employ an additional stiffening member 0between the two vertical tray supports.

I am well aware of the construction shown in U. S. Letters Patent toBerger and Abraham, dated August 6, 1912, No. 1,034,678, for chair andpatent to Foster, dated April 21, 1903, No. 726,153, school desk andseat attachment and I make no claim to the con structions therein shown.

This application is in part a division of. my Patent No. 1,263,324.

Having therefore described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a lunch chair, the combination of asuitable frame having a back and substantially vertical front legs,,:oneof such legs" extending above the seat portion of said frame, atray-supporting member mounted on said extended front leg, a traymounted on said supporting member therefor, and an arm rest secured tosaid back behind said tray, the construction and arrangement be ing suchthat there is a clear space all around the edge portions of both saidtray member 7, a tray-supporting member h ,atarm rest supportedtherefrom, and provided tached to the two vertical supporting Inemwith atray, said tray being spaced from and 10 bers at a point above thehorizontal brace g, forward of said rest, and constructed and ara traysuitably mounted on the supporting ranged so that there is a clear spacea1].

5 member h, and an arm rest su ported by the around the edge portionsthereof, below as back frame and projecting orwardly and Well as above.

outwardly therefrom.

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